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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CANDLE, by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM
First Line: The burning candle glows
Last Line: Quivering it gleams.
First Line: The burning candle glows
Last Line: Quivering it gleams.
The burning candle glows
Bright as yon Pleiades,
Fresh-kindled by the breeze
As it softly blows.
A serpent's tongue it seems
That flickers in the glow
Of the hot noontide; so
Quivering it gleams.
Other Poems of Interest...
THE BROKEN WATER WHEEL by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM
THE PEN by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM
THE STORK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM
THE TOOTHPICK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM
VULTURES by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM
THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 25 by THOMAS CAMPION
THE MARIPOSA LILY by INA DONNA COOLBRITH
THE WAVES OF BREFFNY by EVA GORE-BOOTH
HIS IMMORTALITY by THOMAS HARDY
THE BELLS OF LYNN; HEARD AT NAHANT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW